Compañía China tras tambos neocelandeses
    La compañía de inversiones de China, Shanghai Pengxin Group, tiene pensado invertir US$ 158 millones en la compra de establecimientos lecheros en Nueva Zelanda (las estancias de Crafar).
    • El País
    • 19 April 2011
    NZ under threat from massive land grab
    Selling the Crafar farms to an overseas consortium cannot possibly be in New Zealand’s economic interests, says Green Party Co-leader.
    • Green Party
    • 15 April 2011
    China's Agria wins control of Wrightson
    Agria has lifted its stake in PGG Wrightson to 50.5%, putting control of New Zealand's biggest rural services company in Chinese hands.
    • TVNZ
    • 15 April 2011
    New bid to buy Crafar farms expected this week
    Pengxin International of Shanghai, which already has farmland holdings in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Cambodia, has offered to buy the 16 North Island Crafar farm properties in New Zealand
    • Radio New Zealand
    • 12 April 2011
    Little Sheep eyes farm in New Zealand, paper says
    China's Little Sheep Group says it plans to build a sheep farm in New Zealand in order to increase the supply of lamb for its hot pot restaurant chain business.
    • EJ Insight
    • 11 Mar 2011
    NZ Super starts buying up farms
    The New Zealand Superannuation Fund's purchase of a New Zealand farm is just the first of a $500 million plan which will see it invest in local and international rural land.
    • NZ Herald
    • 03 February 2011
    Germans buy 3314ha of dairy land
    German investors have splashed out more than $100 million in a month buying thousands of hectares of dairying land in the South Island.
    • Stuff
    • 01 February 2011
    German interests buy into New Zealand dairy farms
    German investors have bought 11 dairy farms covering more than 3,600 hectares in New Zealand's South Island
    • M&C
    • 31 January 2011
    Chinese developer may buy Crafar Farms in New Zealand
    Shanghai Pengxin Group, a Chinese property developer and owner of agriculture and mining ventures, is seeking to buy 16 dairy farms in New Zealand after the government rejected an earlier bid by another Chinese company.
    • Bloomberg
    • 28 January 2011
    Govt tightens foreign investment rules
    NZ Finance Minister says new test of more than 10 times the average farm size for foreigners buying land is not a cap.
    • Farmers Weekly
    • 10 January 2011
    Agria interest purely investment: chairman
    Chinese agribusiness companies Agria and New Hope Group launched a joint bid to take Agria's stake in New Zealand's PGGW to a controlling 50.01%, but Agria CEO Xie Tao said the move was not motivated to secure resources such as food.
    • Otago Daily Times
    • 26 December 2010
    New Zealand regulator rejects Natural Dairy's acquisition
    The New Zealand Minister for Building and Construction and the Minister of Finance rejected Natural Dairy Holdings’ application to acquire Crafar Farms, the largest private family farm in New Zealand
    • Capital Vue
    • 23 December 2010

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